Why Protesters Keep Hurling Milkshakes at British Politicians
“Milkshaking” is only the latest trend in Britain’s tradition of edible projectiles as protest.
When the Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage was doused Monday with a milkshake while campaigning for the European Parliament elections in the English city of Newcastle, it was unclear whom he was angrier with—the protester who threw the drink at him or the security team that didn’t see it coming.
“It’s a complete failure,” Farage his security detail as the banana-and-salted-caramel concoction dripped from his lapel. “You
